Michael Porten

"No Porten (Red on Yellow)" - conceptual art, wall sculpture - Lawrence Weiner

2022

"No Assholes" is a part of a series of conceptual work featuring red, blue and yellow primary colors. Michael Porten is an interdisciplinary artist whose works range from paintings...

"No Assholes" is a part of a series of conceptual work featuring red, blue and yellow primary colors. Michael Porten is an interdisciplinary artist whose works range from paintings...

"No Assholes" is a part of a series of conceptual work featuring red, blue and yellow primary colors. Michael Porten is an interdisciplinary artist whose works range from paintings...

"No Porten" is a part of a series of conceptual work featuring red, blue and yellow primary colors. Michael Porten is an interdisciplinary artist whose works range from paintings, ...

"No Show" is a part of a series of conceptual work featuring red, blue and yellow primary colors. Michael Porten is an interdisciplinary artist whose works range from paintings, sc...

"No Porten" is a part of a series of conceptual work featuring red, blue and yellow primary colors. Michael Porten is an interdisciplinary artist whose works range from paintings, ...

"Come Out and Play" is an original piece by Qiaira Riley made from acrylic paint on found wood. This piece measures measures 24"h x 14"w unframed. "Inspired by the changing visual landscape of my hometown of Chicago, I created these works to explore how the gentrification of the south-side disrupts intimate, private memories associated with public spaces in the name of urban "renewal," even creating commodifiable opportunities to make community memories public and profitable, yet not sacred. I was attending a suburban private liberal arts college; many classmates often seemed obsessed with fantastical, cheap narratives about my community and the folks in it that deeply contrasted the memories of love and care I had grown up with. These works remember and reclaim these spaces while showing off my favorite public treasures, sights, and delicacies. There are also odes to the sweet parts of my adolescence that I hope urban development will not shift: running around the city with my father, who has worked for the Chicago Park District for over 25 years, my mom getting me a 6 piece from Harold's Chicken whenever I got a good report card, or stopping by Zberry, the city's first black-woman owned froyo shop to get a treat after school. I moved to Philadelphia that same year with just two suitcases, my art supplies storage...

Figurative Painting. Homage to music legend. Portrait of a song. About the Artist. Mothes is an artist living and working in East Hampton.  His work has been shown in galle...

"Mrs. Peacock" (2021) by Gail M. Boykewich Acrylic on wood panel, figurative, magical realism, neo-folk, portrait of sophisticated older woman dressed in houndstooth and blue boa with bold jewelry -- a necklace, earrings and bracelets, holding on her lap a white cat with pink ears, seated on a pink colored divan in front of a window that looks out onto a daytime sunlit blue sky with soft white clouds; on the windowsill are blooming lilies and a snake plant (Dracaena trifasciata) and the window is flanked with teal blue curtains...

"Femme Fatale" (2021) by Gail M. Boykewich Acrylic on wood panel, figurative, magical realism, neo-folk, portrait of woman with braids, wearing a purple glove and holding a glass of pink champagne, surrounded by blooming indoor plants and freshly cut daffodils; interior setting with dark wood furniture...

This piece belongs to the first series of 6 large coins created by Natasha Lelenco in 2019, starting from the concept of the "face" and incorporating a floral background inspired by ...

This piece belongs to the first series of 6 large coins created by Natasha Lelenco in 2019, starting from the concept of the "face" and incorporating a floral background inspired by ...